St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-09-29
PERSONAL MENTION.

Charles Salina of Montpelier has
been visiting his brother, j. G. Salina,
in this place.
Miss c. Emma Morse of this place is
spending the week in Boston and New
York city.
George E. Hazen of Hartford is about
to return to this place and to work in
the scale shops.
Levi G. Barney of Montreal was in
town this week. He takes his mother
home with him for the winter
Ed j. Aubrey of Muskegon, Mich,
formerly a member of the st. Johns
bury band, has been in town the past
week.
Arthur Fairbanks returned from a
three months European trip last week.
His brother Robert remains abroad an
other month.
The genial John E. Harris was in
.-.--'- Iast week long enough to gather
up material for another of "Observer's'
letters to the Montpelier Argus.
HI. w. Gaskill, who has been en-
ployed in the Binghamton, N. Y. scale
works has returned to Fairbanks fac
tory to work and to st. Johnsbury to
live.
Mrs. w. c. Tyler, Mrs. Mastin, Miss
Marion Lamson, w. H. Herrick and
H. Fl. May represent st. JOhnsbury at
the Worcester musical festival this
week.
The thirty third and last degree in
Masonry was conferred upon Rev. F.
S. Fisher at the annual session of the
supreme council at Providence, R. L.,
last week.
w. N. Leonard of Montpelier, for
merly in the freight Office in this place,
and his son Charles, a telegraph oper-
atOr in New York city, were in town
at the fair.
Simeon Belknap for some years clerk
at the Fairbanks store, leaves next
month for California. 1t is an open
secret that he does not go alone. They
will go at once to San Diego.
The genial o. M. Tinkham honored
the Caledonia fair with his presence.
Unfortunately sample of nice butter
that he sent along did not get further
than the freight depot and so was not
exhibited.
H. HI. McGaffey, who is at the head
of the Fairbanks scale house at Indian
apolis, was in town on Monday, with
his son. Mr.. McGaffey is son of John
McGaffey of Lyndon Centre and is pay
ing his aged parents flying visit.
The Woodstock Standard says that
'It is an open secret that the reason OF
the refusal of Mrs. Perkins and Mrs.
Seaver to serve the w. C. II. U. longer
in an official capacity was their disin-
clinatiOn to thus seemingly endorse
the political third party plank of the
convention. They were admirable Of
ficers whose places it is not easy to fill
Their consistency will be admired by
ALL"
Miss Charlotte Morrill, rises to make
personal explanation concerning the
pretty poem in last weeks CaledOnian,
"The Cherry Blooms of Yeddo," the
authorship of which was credited to
Miss Morrill,. She writes 81 have
cherished the hope that the newspa-
pers might convince my friends that
was brilliant talker,' but L cannot see
them undertake the helpless task Of
proving me poet without lifting up a
warning voice." The author of the
lines in question was Clara M. Arthur
Mrs. L. L. Beeman of Barre had 6
six months old baby at the Woodstock
w. G. T. U. meeting that created
something of a sensation. The deal
baby was called to the platform by til,
dear women and "lOoked smilingl,
over the convention" For this it wa
dubbed the white ribbon baby, ant
made delegate to the convention and
one of the women wrote piece of poe
try about it. Taken altogether it wa
of it.
Col. James Wilson who died a
White River Junction last Saturday a
the age of SO, used to he we'll know
here, being student at the st. Johns
bury academy in 1849 with S. Levi
B. Speare, Alex. G.. Halves, Ir8neu
, and WoOdman Hamilton, James Turf
John w. Ramsay, etc. Wilson was
native of Derry, N. H., a nephew O
!, James M. Warner of this place an
married Miss Mary Lucy Latham, til
, belle of the academy. He afterward
, went to California, was elected to til
j., California legislature in 1852, was pay
master of volunteers in 1862, and wa
mustered out in 1866 as lieutenant
colonel and quarter-master-g general {
New Mexico. He was appointed con
: sui at Nuremberg, Bavaria, in 1865
j where he remained nine years. H
+ was then consul at Three Rivers, /
t O., and afterward at Milan, Italy.
A Narrow Escape.
William Hubbard, a member of tn
junior class in the academy, met wit
a narrow escape Friday. His home
in Barton and he comes down on I'll
train every morning. He boards at ]
!, C. WOOdbury's on the corner of Raj
road and Portland streets, but a fe
steps from the railroad track. Thinl
' ing to save time he jumped from I'll
train Friday morning at the POrtlan
" street crossing and was Thrust again